Attractive, colourful packaging and persuasive advertising are designed to coax people to buy junk food. Would plain and standardized packaging for junk food result in people eating less of it? Much in the same way that plain packaging has been employed to cut smoking in some countries, he believes it could lessen people’s desire for calorie-rich foods, which puts them at risk of overeating. We don’t need these calories,” Schultz said at a press conference. Plain packaging is now in the United Kingdom and France as well, and Canada is expected to follow suit.

Source: National Post March 09, 2017 17:13 UTC